Gang of robbers tunnel 25 feet deep, loot 30 bank lockers

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

By Tariq Khan

A gang of robbers tunneled 25 feet through the earth and concrete to break into a nationalised Bank of Baroda strongroom, and broke open 30 lockers out of 225 lockers. The valuation of the looted property is yet to be ascertained in Juinagar, Navi Mumbai. Though the robbery had been discovered yesterday morning, the police said that the gang had committed the crime between Saturday night and early Monday.

In a daring heist, a group of burglars dug a 25-feet tunnel to break into the Juinagar branch of Bank of Baroda in Navi Mumbai. The robbery was discovered at 9 am yesterday, when the bank resumed services after the weekend. The robbers decamped with cash and jewellery from 30 lockers. According to the police, the suspected robbers had rented an office near the bank and from the location, they dug up a tunnel making their way to the bank’s locker room.

CP Navi Mumbai, Hemant Nagrale said, “There is a case of house breaking theft in Bank of Baroda, Juinagar branch. The thieves had rented out the adjoining shop since May 2017. The culprits dug an underground tunnel of 25 feet to the strongroom of the bank, broke open the lockers and escaped with the loot. The valuation of the looted property is yet to be ascertained. Investigations are on. We have traced a number of leads and our investigation team is working is working on the same. A case has been registered at the Sanpada police station under IPC sections 454,457,380.”

According to police officers, the tunnel that had been dug through from the rented shop, is five feet deep. The 25 feet long and 3 feet high tunnel had been made with the help of plywood and bamboos for support.

They had made an arrangement such that two persons could easily slide and reach the concave spot. The robbers used gunny sacks with mud and threw it at the same place.

An officer further added, “The accused had taken the shop on rent six months ago. They used to sell farsan in the shop but according to residents, the shop remained shut most of the time.”

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